I'm growing this one, and Chlorine water is like roundup on these guys!

Once they get cholorotic at a young age its hard to reverse.

I know whitman fruited one, and discarded it for making loads of acidic fruit...too bad he never had fresh miracle fruit or even frozen m.f. and served the two together (maybe he did, but I don't know).

I'm curious why he tossed the tree and didn't utilize it in conjunction with miraculin...which he had ample supply of.

I have several smaller trees but they are not thriving and replanting is a nightmare, and I have lost a few on that account. My problems is to get the right soil-mix; it is a subject we also discussed on the yahoo group.

Oh its all a matter of personal preference. I don't even have a list of ones I'd like, I'm sure there are over 20 I'd like to grow. If you find a rare one from africa/asia/south america, or some other far off place, let me know. I may want to trade or purchase from you.

PS. Oscar, before you correct me , I know psidium is not indigenous to Africa Asia, etc. but they have been naturalized there, and varieties may exist there that aren't found elsewhere.

Likes low pH. Mix in lots of peat and keep it moist at all times. Resistant to flooding, so good to plant it in a low spot.Oscar

I have tried with a sandy peat mix ("acid hammock sand soil") and with plenty of water of course; but as others from the yahoo group cultivating it I would not call it successful. Slow growing and high die off when replanting / transplanting - how are yours doing?

Likes low pH. Mix in lots of peat and keep it moist at all times. Resistant to flooding, so good to plant it in a low spot.Oscar

I have tried with a sandy peat mix ("acid hammock sand soil") and with plenty of water of course; but as others from the yahoo group cultivating it I would not call it successful. Slow growing and high die off when replanting / transplanting - how are yours doing?

I killed mine, but was my fault, planted it in a terrible spot and then totally neglected it. Report me to the plant abuse hotline! Oscar

Camu Camu taste is great as is! Let your face totally pucker up eating the first two or three, then you can eat another 50 without further objection to the acid, and able to enjoy the great flavor. Best when swimming in the Rio Negro, bobbing for the floating fruits.

I have seen pictures of a terra firme tree type camu camu, which I am not familiar with.

Most camu camu grow in very acidic conditions, well below 5 pH, where they are high and dry in blazing light on a white beach part of the year, and the top is several meters under water for a month or more at the other extreme of the year. Perhaps these conditions could be reproduced in a fine display at The Land at Epcot Center of Disney.

The home grower here might need to buy distilled water, and then soak dry leaves in the water for several weeks to provide blackened tannic water.

and I hate to admit it, but this new synthetic drench I have is working wonders on my plants already.

It must be very strong..and helpful for lowering ph. After reading the bottle of product I'm using, I realized its not only a chelated Fe and Mn drench, but it also has sulfur that lowers ph considerably.

I'm growing this one, and Chlorine water is like roundup on these guys!

Once they get cholorotic at a young age its hard to reverse.

I know whitman fruited one, and discarded it for making loads of acidic fruit...too bad he never had fresh miracle fruit or even frozen m.f. and served the two together (maybe he did, but I don't know).

I'm curious why he tossed the tree and didn't utilize it in conjunction with miraculin...which he had ample supply of.

Anyone growing this?

Have one un the ground for 7 - 8 years now , flowered ( 2 - 3 flowers ) last year no fruit set . Doing OK but not like the other Eugenias . 3 more seedlings are fine with lots of coffee grounds.

When doing some research on Camu-Camu I ran into the commercial site describing what they were doing. It seems like the Camu-Camu seedlings may actually be fully submerged for four months. Here's the link:

Adam, I mentioned to you the air conditioning integrated condensation (rain) barrel. I get about 5 to 10 gallons of clean water every day my A/C runs here in Florida. I'm thinking you could use this system to keep the plant flooded for the summer. Maybe add some aquarium or pond fertilizer each month.

Marko interesting that you mentioned collecting the water that condensates from an AC unit. I have been collecting that water and I can definitely see the difference from the city water in the plants. I wish I could collect more. The plants that I was doing the test it is definitely greener and shown significant growth compare the others. Nice tip!!!

I am making second attempt to grow camu camu. First time i planted it in raised bed, and that was a mistake. This time will plant in low spot, where it easily gets flooded when it rains. Also will plant in full on peat moss. They like super low pH soil. There are fruiting trees at our local experimental station, so it's not a hard one to grow given right conditions.